Yarn rack for dyeing machines



Jan. 11,1927. 1,614,410

J. H. THOMPSON YARN RACK FOR DYEING MACHINES Filed July 14. 1925 2 Sheets-5h99?l l K7- 'l @46?l JMW;

Jan. l1 1927.

J. H. THOMPSON YARN RACK FOR DYEING MACHINES '2 sheets-sheet 2 Filed July 14, 1925 y gf @WWW/f Patented Jan. 11, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES THOMPSON, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HUSSONG DYEING- MACHINE COMPANY, OF GROVEVILLE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION F NEW JERSEY.

YARN RACK FOR 'DYEING MACHINES.

Application filed July 14,

The object of my invention is to construct a yarn racl= for dyeing machines that can be transferred from the vat to a truck and parted, permitting quick access to the yarn supporting sticks so that the yarn can be removed from the set of sticks and other yarn placed in position thereon to be treated in the vat.

In the accompanying drawings: Fig. 1 is a side view of a dye vat showing the rack partly raised and carrying the yarn; Fig. 2 is a side view showing the yarn rack located on a truck; and

Fig. 3. is a perspective view showing the upper portion of the rack raised and the lower portion with the yarn and sticks resting on the truck.

1 is a dye vat of an ordinary construction in which the dye liquid is circulated.-

2 is a rack, made in two parts 3 and 1. The part 3 is the upper part and carries the rods 5, which are spaced a suflicientdistance apart to allow for the free circulation of the liquid and yet hold the yarn in place.

(3*6 are cross beams, to which are secured by screws 7 the supporting beams 8, which rest on the sides of the vat when the yarn is submerged in the dye liquor.

9-9 are eyes on the beams 8, which are engaged by the hooks 10 of the hoisting chains 11, when the yarn is to be transferred from the vat to a truck, or vice versa.

The side members of the lower part 4 of the rack are notched at l2 to receive the sticks 13 on which t-he yarn is hung. The sticks are held in place by the upper part 3 of the rack, but when this part is raised, as in Fig. 3, the sticks with the dyed yarn thereon can be removed.

Projecting from the lower part of the rack are slotted eye plates 14, which extend 1923. Serial No. 651,664.

through slots 15 in the side members of the upper part 3 of the rack. Keys 16 are inserted through the slots in the plates 14 as shown in Figs. l and 2, and when these keys are driven, they hold the parts firmly together, so that the yarn can be suspended in the vat by the beams 8.

lhen the rack with the dyed yarn thereon is removed from the vat, it is placed on a truck 17.

The truck 17 has a frame made of angle iron, in the present instance, and is supported on castors 18. The upper longitudinal bars 19, of the frame, are spaced apart equal to the width of the lower part of the rack, so that the side members of this part rest directly on the loa-rs 19, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Plates 20 extend upwardly :from the bars 19 and are flared at their (in upper ends. These plates hold the lower part lof the rack in proper position on the truck. WV hen the wedges 16 are withdrawn, the upper part of the rack can be raised clear of the lower part, as in Fig. 3, so that the sticks with the yarn thereon can be removed from the lower part of the rack.

I claim:

The combination in a yarn rack of upper and lower parts, the lower part being notched to receivel the sticks carrying the yarn and having eye plates, the upper part when in position engaging the lower part and retaining the sticks in the notches of the v lower part, the upper part being slotted for the passage of the eye plates, keys extending through the eyes of the. plates and rigidly connecting the two parts, the upper part having beams by which the rack is suspended in a dye vat.

JAMES H. THOMPSON. 

